You are invited to an event with author Kathleen Kesson who will reading from her latest book "Unschooling in Paradise". This event will take place at Pacem School, 32 College Street in Montpelier, on Thursday November 29 at 7 pm. In addition to reading, there will be time plenty of time for discussion.

Unschooling in Paradise is the story of one family's earnest, imperfect, and occasionally hilarious attempts to create a life based on voluntary simplicity, sustainable living, equal and compassionate relations, free thinking, exploratory learning, and cultural creativity. It offers a unique window into the amazing things that can happen when learning involves no lesson plans, no required subjects, no curriculum standards, no time outs, and no tests. With warmth and humor, it challenges conventional wisdom about how best to educate children and points the way toward what we need to do to create learning spaces that are humane, just, joyful, relevant, and creative places where children want to be and parents want to send them.
Kathleen Kesson is Professor Emerita of Teaching, Learning and Leadership in the School of Education at LIU-Brooklyn. She is the former Director of Teacher Education at Goddard College, and was Director of the John Dewey Project on Progressive Education at the University of Vermont.
For more information see http://pacemschool.org/about/calendar/coming-events/ or call 223-1010

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